Moldboard plowing-machine.



W. G. PARMELE.

MOLDBOARD PLOWING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED Nov.11, 1910.

Patented June 11, 1912.

WITNESS/SS W. G. PARMELE.

MOLDBOARD PLOWING MAGHINE.

APPLOATION FILED 11017.11, 1910.

Patented .T1-me 11, 1912.

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WIT/VESSES ATTORNEYS WILLIAM GORDON Paar/Inra, oF cnn'rora, Kansas.

MOLDBOARD PLOWINGLMACHINE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 191.2.

Application iled November .11, 1910. Serial No. 591,817.

To alt whom it mayA concern:

Be 1t known that I, WILLIAM G. PARMELE,

v a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chetopa, in' the county of Labette and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Moldboard Flowing-Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has yin view are: to provide a power driven traction mechanism arranged to :track in the furrow formed by the plow; to .provide means connected with the tractor for leveling the operation and regulating thedepth of the plow; and to provide a tractorand mold board plow connected therewith constructed and arranged to normally force the plow through the tion of the plow.

One embodiment of the present invention is disclosed in the structure illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in` all the views, and in which-4 Figure l is a side elevation of a plowing machine constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the plow, showing the means for mounting 'the same and for regulating the angle of operation of the same, and Fig. 4 isa detailview, on an earth without varying the depthof opera-A enlarged scale, showing h vertical longitu dinal section of a -plowll la'ndside, with a fragment of the plow beam and'operating boom'therefor, constructed and arranged vin accordance with the present invention.

In the drawings is shown a mold board ,plow 4of .usual construction, vhaving a plow beam B and a land side C. The beam B in the present'plow is provided to carry a hanger .9, in bearings in the forked ends 10 of which is mounted -a gage wheel 11. The

rovided with a tire suitably' wide to avold becoming embedded in the .earth being'plowed.

Mounted'on the beam B in advance of the wheel 11 is a weed knife 12. The othce of the knife 12' is to separate any furze or matted undergrowth which would choke the plow by adhering tothe beam B, The plow is pivotally mounted upon a boom 13, being secured thereto by lmea-ns of eyelets 14. The ,boom A13 is extended rear wardly fromA the plow, and is provided with an, elongated bea-ring 15. AThe bearing 15 1s lrotatively mounted on a shaft 16 held between extensions 17, 17 and in slots 18, 18 formed therein. Fixedly attached to the bearing 15 and extended vertically above the same, 1s a lever 19. The office of the lever 19 is to lift bodily the plow A and parts connected therewith, swinging the same upward onthe shaft 16. To accomplish this the lever 19 is connected to a chain 20. The chain -20 is extended rearwardly and wound upon adrum 21, which is mounted on a shaft 22 extended toward standards23, 23. The standards 23 are bolted rigidly to side bars 24, 24 of the tractor. Fixedly mounted on the shaft 22 is a hand wheel 25 the shaft 22 and drum 21 are rotated to draw backward the lever 19 to rock the shaft 16 and lift the plow A.

The side bars 24, 24 of the tractor are structurally united by a platform 26, a suitable cross bracing arranged to make rigid the framevof the tractor. The frame of the tractor is carried on tractor wheels 27 27 and a steering wheel 28, the latter being located at the rear ofthe tractor structure. The wheels 27, 27 are traction wheels, and are provided with the .usual calks 29, 29. Bothwheels may be rigidly connected with a shaft- 30, but it is preferred by me that the wheel directly in line with the plow A shall be rigidly connected with the shaft,- while the other wheel may be loosely c onnected therewith, this construction permitting the plow to be turned with greater ease.

If, -however,"it is found that thegrip of both Wheels is required to propel the plow, both wheels ymay be made 'fast to the shaft 30. 'The wheels are driven through the intermediation of a'sprocketwheel 31, which sprocket wheel is fiXedly connected with the shaft'30. The sprocket wheel 31 is operatively connected withA a smallV sprocket 32 ixedly mounted on a shaft 33. jThe shaft 33 is suitably .mounted in bearings 1n the lower end ofthe standards 23, 23 and 1s provided with driving gears 34 and 35 xedly connected therewith. 'The gears 34 and 35 are provided with dliferent dlam.- eters, the former -being the smaller of the two gears. Said gears are adapted to mesh with gears 36 and 3 7 respectively, `the gears 34 and 37 being of equal diameter, as are also the gears 35 and 36. The shaft 33 may be shifted lengthwise thereofin its bearings -to mesh alternately the gear 34 with is operated by a lever 4-7, wh'ichhlever 47' isl Athe gear 36 and the gear35 withthegear 37, to vary the transmission of rotary speed Ywith a driving gearfwheel 44, which. is

meshed with a transmission gear 45. The transmission gear V45 is vixedly mounted` on the shaft 38, andthe driving gear44. is

loosely mounted on the shaft 43. To connect the shaft 43vand the driving gear 44 there is provided a clutch 46 of anysuitable and approved construction. The-clutch 46 pivotallymountedfin bracket-S48 so arranged thaty the handle of the said lever is disposed ineasy access to the hand of the driver when riding on the seat 49.

The tractor is operated by `adriver for whom the seat 49 is provided. The seat 49 is disposed wit-hin'easyaccess of the lever 47, whereby the clutch 46 is thrown into and out of engagement to connect the driving mechanism with the vsprocket 31 to move the tractor, and the lever 40 by. which the speed of progression of the tractor is varied. lhe machine is` steered .by means of the wheel 28, the fork- 50 whereof is ixedly connected with a tiller lpost 51, at the u-pper end whereof is mounted a tiller wheel 52.

The tiller wheel 52 is accessible to the driver while in the seat 49.

It is necessary, when using a plow of the character shown in the accompanying draw ings, that the same shall be leveled and adf justed with reference to the drift thereof.

To level the implementnthere is provided a crank rod 53, atthe forward end whereof is provided a lever extension 54. The extension 54 is connected with a xed bar 55 through the intermediary of aconnecting link 56. The bar 55 is rigidly mounted on the frame of the plow at the rear of the mold board thereof.- The bar' 55 is extended over the plowed land and away from the land side. `The crank rod 53 is piv'otally mounted on 'that side bar 24of .the machine` removed from the land side.

At the opposite .end of the machine, and adjacent to the drivers-se'at 49, is a hand wheel 57 whichsis iixedly mounted on the crank rod .53. Fixedly mounted on fthe crankrrod 53 adjacent the wheel is a ratchet wheel 58./ Pivotally mounted on the frame of the machine is a pawl 59. The pawl 59 engages the ratchet wheel 58 to hold the crank rod 53 inthe position whereby the plow is adjusted. i

To rovide ,for the landing of the plow to ayoid or provide for side drift, the shaft 16 is mounted to pivot horizontally in the side bar 24 removed from the land side, and permitted to ride free' in the slot 18 formed in the side bar 24 on 'the land side. `At vthis side there is connected a thrust rod 60. The thrust rod 60- is slidably'mounted in eyelets 61, 61 and extended through brace plates 62, 62. The rear end of the rod 60 is provided with a screw threaded sectionr 63 upon which is threaded a nut V64. As above stated, the boom 13 is mounted by means of the bearing 15 on the shaft 16. The boom 13 is pivotally mounted in lbearing brackets 14, 14 secured to the inner side `of the land side C. The horizontal extension 66 of the boom 13 is held from shifting in the brackets 65 by means of stay nuts constructed and arranged forms a pivot for the uptilting of the plow by the operation hold the share of the plow and land side C in line with the traveling path of themachine. When it is desired or found necessary to shift the plow to vary the angle of the land side with the path of travel of the ymachine to offset any drifting tendency either toward or away Afrom the land, the nut 64 is manipulated to takeupor payout the rod 6() to s wing the shaft 16 on itspivplow-point to cause the plow to avoid or take a narrow or deep'furrow.

The operation of a machine constructed and arranged as shown in the accompany ing-drawings, and as herein described, is as of operation by its own traction.Y During the journey to the eld the hand wheel 25 is manipulated to retract thelever 19 to lift the plow A and parts connected therewith 'The machine is driven by means of the traction wheels 27, 27 and the engine 42. The driver being seated at 49 steers .the machine by means of the steering wheel 28 and the hand wheel 52 connected therewith. Having arrived atthe'eld of operation and placed the machine in operative line, the wheel 25 is manipulated to 'lower the plow to permit the point thereof to enter the ground. The gage wheel 11 Vis advanced or receded on the beam B to gage the depth'of the operation of the plow. The knife 12 is adjusted with reference to the wheel 11. In this posit-ion the machine is started, with the result that the plow being pushed by the boom 13 enters the ground to the depth permitted Aby the wheel 11. At this depth the plow' continues to operate. The tracl67, 67. The horizontal extension 66 thus of the crank rod 53, and further serves to otal bearing to offset or inset the share or' to a position vertically above the shaft 16.`

follows: The machine is moved to the field tion wheels 27, 27 following immediately in the path of the plow leave the upper surface of the ground to track in the bottom of the furrow as eut. If in the progress of cutting the furrow it be found that the plow A needs adjustment to avoid drift, or requires leveling to throw the furrow high or low, the machine is arrested in its progress, and by means of the manipulation of the nut Y64: and t-he wheel 57, the plow A is properly adjusted to the condition under which 1t is working. Having arrived at the end of the furrow the machine is turned. If the plowing be the square block plowing wherein furrows are run crosswise at the end of the field, the machine is turned to follow the boundary ofthe field, and turned at each corner, continuin a' serpentine furrow vuntil thecomplete eld is plowed,I the plowing ending ator about the center thereof. If, however, the usual furrow is cut, disposed in parallel relation in the field, and in blocks arranged to throw the furrow in opposite directions, the plow A is raised out ofthe ground at the end of each furrow whilev the machine is driven across field and disposed in line with the next succeedingdor return furrow. At all times, and with ease, theleveling of the plow or the drift'of the plow may be corrected, as above stated.

Having thus described vmy invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is I 1. A plowing machine comprising a furrow turning plow; a carryin frame having wheels arranged to track 1n the furrow formed by said low; a boom connecting said plow withv said frame, said boom being pivotally connected with said plow; and means mounted on said frame for winging said plow.

2. A plowing machine comprising a furrow forming plow; a carrying frame having wheels arranged to track in the open furrow formed by said plow; a boom pivotally mounted on said frame and extended,

said boom being extended forward there` from; a pivotal mounting for said shaft disosed to one side of the said boom; an adjusting mechanism for rotating said shaft on its pivot in a horizontal plane, and embodying a sliding rod having a screw threaded end sectlon and a nut mounted thereon between fixed bearing members; and a plow connected with 'said boom atthe forward end thereof.

4. A plowing machine comprising a furrow forming plow; a carrying frame havingwheels arranged to track in the furrow formed b `said plow; a boom pivotally connected with the lforward end of said `frame and extended in operative position below thesurface of the ground; a mold board plow pivotally connected with said yboom toY wing thereon; and a rocking mechanism for said plow embodying a manually manipulated crank rod pivotally mounted on said frame and having links for connection with said plow. Y y

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM GORDON PARMELE. Witnesses: y

BLUEFORD E. EMERT, JOHN B. BooN. 

